Comparative Study of National Intangible Heritage System in Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Focusing on Support Plan for Holder of Traditional Performing Arts

This study conducts a literature review to analyzes the support plan for holders of traditional preforming arts designated as national intangible heritage in both the Republic of Korea and Taiwan. Korea and Taiwan preserve and transmit national intangible heritage based on the Cultural Heritage Protection Act and Cultural Heritage Preservation Act. However, a key difference between Taiwan and Korea is that Taiwan places priority on the registration of intangible heritage at the local government level. This means that the decentralization of intangible heritage management has been implemented. Also, while Korea uses the name "holder," Taiwan uses the name "preserver" to designate the main transmitter of traditional performing arts of national intangible heritage. As a result of analyzing etymology and examples of two words, while "holder" is associated with economic notions, "preserver" is associated as "guardian" rather than economic notions. Just as there are differences in the fundamental approaches, there